Automobile safety device.



L. OTTINGBR. AUTOMOBILE 4SAFETY DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED IAR. 18, 1909.

1986,846'. Patented Feb.l1o,1914

FW 32 Y A LEON OTTHER, GF MEW Yli, E'.

AUTGEGBILE 511B' EN DEVCE.

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Application Qetllarcla i8, 909. ,Serial 2re. @84375.

To all whom', it ma, concern.'

Ba it` known t at I; Leon O'rrinnnv.5 citizen of the United States,residin in the city. county, and State of New Yor have invented new anduseful Improvements in 1lutomohlle Safety Devices, of which thefollowing is a specification( `he broad iden of the present invention isthe provision of mens whereby pianti cally all the mechanism foroperating a and tor vehicle.y o1' rendering it immovable :ire providedwith locking means actuated from a common chamber, which its/eli'susceptihlry of being locked. (lf confino, naturalv hut not essentiallythe bonnet or irnzicliinery housing will constitute mich lockingellenihet'.

lo e prior' patent granted to me (')etcber 22. 1907. No'. S'il, I havedescribed and claimed broadly a device for preventing theft of' ortampering with motor vehicles, in which reliance for such purpose isplaced chiefly in locking the motor circuit in open condition so thatunauthorized persons, not posseeing the key or the'combination of thelock` nro unable to complete or close the circuit mul start the motor,`My present invention has the same general object in view, munely, toprovide means whereby tampering with o1' theft of the vehicle will heprevented, but more specifically its chief object io to provideadditional safeguards in connection with the controlling or driving in-Strumentalities, for example the limite mech l autism. the fuel supply.and the gear lim/j so that ity will he impossible not only to etant ormove the vehicle while the same is stundiug ungual'lled'hut also totamper with the netrmnentnlities referred to; thun insuring that thedrivel', on returning; to the vehicle, will find these important parte1in the sume condition as he left them.

A further object of. the invention is to provide means of the kindmentioned which shall be simple as poesible, with minimum liability ofderangement. or breakage, yet `withal thoroughly effective foi` thepurpose in hund.

To these am] other ends the invention consists in the novel features ofconstruetion and combination of elements hereinafter described and morepaiticularly set forth in the claims.

While the invention may be embodied in a variety of forms: l haveselected for illusimtwo and Specific, description lier/ein only theembodiment n' ich exhibits what .l fron-- Sider to he ti moet effectiveand convenient mode. of applying the invention Referring .nouv to theannexed drawingy in which the preferred embodiment of the inventionillnetmted, Figure l is a side View of ai motor vehicle with part. ofthe hood or bonnet broken army, honing the invention applied to thevehicle. Fig. 9. is n sectional pieni vient ll. 3 is n det-eil View inlo .f showing the locking inerminimu i i n a dirention opposite lo thati i n. l. Figis a detail verticaal ,section f .lV-1V of Fig. Fig'. is :in. on line Vv-V of Fig'. il, lfiiz t 'l plan views .i ent punition# enportion of the v opmeten utili the view showing; u modif tion :in`regards; the vnlve hieh controls the nu )ply o fuel to the en .ie of thevehicle. of the veoicle is deni mated hy l, and on the forward thereoiisthe. usual bonnet or hood 2 iuclosing the en gine 3.

One of the chief features of the present invention in' the securelocking of the hood or bonnet1 Vfor the purpofe of. preventing t i otthe invenunauthorized :acceso to the parte Within the mme,v and a corret undemtamling of the nature ol' the inwntion, wel] as the ad il hv it;vwill. he better non Y lire? the menue provided wfg ton purpose meer.through the sloto when the holtheads ure turned into alinementthcrcwitln When the bolts are in this position the oonnet can he openedin the usuel manner, as will he readily understood. At the foul' lowercorners of the bonn-ct are rigid lingers 145 extending down posit endclone to the adjacent inner edges of the chassis or parts connectedthereto and servin to prevent the bonnet, made, as it usually 1s, ofsheet metal, from being pried outwardly. at the corners toa'ord accessto the interior. At one ofthe rear corners is an inwardly extendingfinger 15, and pivoted to the angle-iron 8 adjacent thereto is ahorizontally swinging latch 16, normally held over the said filger by a.spring carried on the ivot 17. lnttendmg from the rear end o the latch,through, suitable guide-rings 18, is a stout operatlng cord 19, by whichthe latch may be swung out of engagement with the coperatlng iin er 15on the bonnet. On the opposite si e, within the bonnetand securely fixedto the chassis, is a lock 20, of any suitable construction, the key ofwhich may be inserted through an aperture 2l in the side of the bonnet.The path of the horizontally movable loclebolt 22 immediately above astud 23 extending inwardly from the bonnet, and hence that side of thebonnet cannot be raised unless the bolt is retracted. It will thereforebe seen that by means of the lock 20 and the latch 16, combined with thefingers or catches 14, the bonnet is effectually Secured in closedposition. To

v gain access to the interior the lock 20-must frstbe actuated toretract its bolt, whereupon'that side of the bonnet can be raised, afterwhich, if tjs desired to Valso open the other side the ord '19 is drawntoward the operator and neld in vpen position by the hook 13 therebywithdrawing and holding the latch 16 from engagement with thc finger 15.In order to put the fuel supply under control of the lock the followingarrangement is provided. ln the ipe 25 which connects the fuel tank 26with Athe en- ,eine carbureter 27 and at a point adjacent tovthe lock 20is a valve 28 ot' any suitable and convenient typo, operated by a recirocaling stem 29. The latter is connecte to the horizontal arm of a`bell-crank lever 30 the vertical arm ot which is engaged by thehorizontally reciprocating lock-bolt 22. lt will therefore be seen thatwhen the bolt is advanced to lock the bonnet in place the bell-crankwill be actuated and will depress the valve stem 29, thereby stoppingthe supply of gasolene or other fuel to thc engine.

The usual oilers, 31, are mounted on the dashboard, and are providedwith a cover or hood 32, hinged to the dashboard. This hood is formedwith a depending member 33, whichv is provided with a bolt extendingrforwardly into the interior ot' the bonnet through a slot in thedashboard. On the inner end of this bolt is a thumb-nut 34 by which thebft and the member 33 are drawn up to trie dashboard, thereby securingthe hood in place over the Oilers. Inasmuch as the thumbnut is operableonly from within the bonnet .it will be seen that a per son who is notpfovidcd 'with the key o the bonnet-lock cannot remove the nut and hencecannot have access tu the oilcrs.

instead of having the valri5 connected to thc lock itsei'.,n :s to heopt ,ed thereby, the valve ma,Y y' manualiy operated typea 1v ng up ianthe bonnet from below, indicated at 2er, i"ig. 8, so that the operatingmember cannot be reached except by first opening tinA b-snnet. The gearbox is aiso secured against tampering, by locating its ciosureiatchoprating devices under the locked bonnet. For this purpose the yslidinggearboit` latch i545 is rovided with a rod or piece et stout ca le 37extending forwardly into the h through a suitable slot in tha i hi Theinner end oi the rod cye through which a in t 1 into engagement. withthe nl d. i ne length of the rod 37 is such that when the eye is engagedby the thu1nb-bolt the iatch 36 will be drawn forward into its lockingposition; and since the bolt cannot be re moved unless access is had tothe bonnet it is evident that the gear-box is ei'l'ectnally scouredagainst. meddling by persons noty possessed of the bonnet key.

To prevent the possibility of moving the machine, to say nothing of thedanger ot' accidents, attendant upon derangement or injury to thebrake-mechanism, it is highly desirable that meddlesome and maliciouspersons be prevented from operating the same. For this purpose I proposeto lock the said mechanism or put. the saine under control of the bonnetlock, so that only the proper person, provided with the .key of thelock, can actuate the mechanism. lVith this object in view the shaft 39,to which the brake lever ft() is connected, is provided with a shortforwardly and downwardly extending arm il1 pivotally Connected to ahorizontally reciy-Jrocating member or link 42, which 1s in turnpivotally connected to a sleeve 43. The latter surrounds a rod orlocking member 44 which is capable of par tial rotation in said sleevebut is prevented from moving longitudinally thereof by tr4k collars 45,46, at the ends of said deaf., lhc locking rod is mounted to reciprw'nte1n two supporting blocks 47, 48 and extends through or underneath thedashboard into thc interior of the locked bonnet Un the inner end ofsaid member 4is a pivoted linger 49 mounted to swing in a vertical planebut normally raised by a suitably arranged spring 50. Near its forwardend the finger has a depending lug 5l, adapted, when the linger isdepressed against the tension of its lifting spring, to engage acorrespond lng formed notch in a member 52 securely connected to thechassis. The end of the finger is pointed, as shown, and is formed toenter a cam-slot 53 in the end ot' the Locas@ look-bolt 22. From theforegoing it will be rseen thatmovement of the brake lever to tbeposition shown in Fig. 1 causes the link 42 to advance the locking rod44,v thereby bringing the lug 51 directly over fthe cooper-atingv block52. Advancing the lockbolt'22,by actuating the lock 20, then brings thecam-notcli 53 into engagement Vwith theY pointed end of thengranddepresses thi latter, thereby carrying the lu 51 into the notch below.Inasmuchx as tie last men tioinedl` notch holds `the finger Vsecurelyagainst backward or forward movement. and since so long as the lock-bolt22 is in its advanced position the linger cannot be elegrated by itsspring, to carry the lug out of `"engagement with the block,52, itif isclear that the locking rod .44, the brake-lever 40, 'and the associatedparts (in short, the brake mechanism) cannot be operated except by 'aperson provided with the key of the lock and thus enabled to retract thebolt thereof.

As there should be no possibility of the brake mechanism 'becominglocked when the car is in motion, provision is made wherebythe lockingfinger-49 can be thrown out of its normal path, so as to escapeengagenient with the lock-bolt. For this purpose the finger is offsetwith respect ,to the axis of the locking rod 44, as shown in Fig. 2.Partial rotation of the latter rod,r in the countenclockvvise directionas viewed Vfrom the left of the figure just named, will therefore causethe lingerl to assume the'v position shown in Fig. 7 so as to clear tnebolt 21 even when the latter is advanced. This rotary adjustment of thelocking rod and finger is normally prevented, however, by a latch device55, mounted on thel dashboard and adapted to slide vertically'in itssupports, but incapable of rotary movement.- At the lower end the latchis provided with a rearwardlyA and horizontally extending stem 56, toloosely engage 'a perforated lug 57 on the collar 46, which, it will beremembered is carried by the locking rod 44. It will now be plain thatwhen the latch in its upper position, as in Fig. 3, the stem 5G willprevent rotation of the locking rod; and hold the lug 51 above the block52. The latch is normally held in the position mentioned by a springdevice 58, engaging a laterally extending pin 59 on the upper end of thelatch. The latter is released from the spring device by pressing thesame inwardly, whereupon the latch mayVV be de-NY pressed and the stem'56 carrieddownward causing rotation of therod 44 so that the I, lockingfinger is turned 90 to the position shown in Fig. 7.

A portion of the floor such a? the footboard, indicated by 60, is usualremovable, to afford access to the parts elow the same for the purposeof inspection, repair, etc., botas this would permit tampering with suchparts, I provide fastenin Vmeans which can be operated only from t einterior of nthe bonnet. For this purpose the foot-board 1s providedwith fastening bolts 61, pivoted thereto and extending forwardly through1 the dashboard into the bonnet, where they are engaged by thumb-nuts62. The latter serve to draw the foot-board down into place, and sincethe said nuts are `inclosed by the bonnet it is kevident that the.foot-f board is securely lockedagainst unauthorized removal. l

Y. From the foregoing description 4will bc seen that my inventionaffords simple yet thoroughly effective means for protecting importantparts of the motor vehicle against tampering, thereby insuring thatsuchY parts will always be found in proper operativev condition when thedriver returns lto the car, and practically eliminating the possii' 'bythe appended claims.

lVhat claim is: 4

l. In a motor vehicle, a chamber, a mov able closure therefor, a lockfor said closure., motor controlling mechanism, braking mechanism, partsextending from 'said mechanisms and terminating within said chamber,

and means for locking saidlparts. in fixed, positions therein.

2. In a motor vehicle, the combination with the bonnet, motoigcontrolling mechanism and braking mechanism, parts extending from saidmechanism and terminating within the said bonnet, means for rigidlysecuring the inner ends of said parts within said bonnet, and akeypperated lock for said bonnet by which the securing means arerendered inacoissible.

` 3. ln a motor vehicle, the 'combination with the bonnet, motorcontrolling mecha nism and braking mechanism,'parts extending from saidmechanisms and terminatingv within said bonnet, means for covering s`aidparts exterior to said bonnet, a securingr device for said`coveringoperable only fom within said bonnet, means for rigidly securing theinner ends of said parts within said bonnet,and a key-operated lock forsaid bonnet.

' 4. In a motor vehicle, a removable floorboard,A of fastening means forsaid 'licorboard' extending into `and operable from within an inclosedspace 'or chamber, a closure for the latter, and a lock for securingsaid closurev in position.4

5. in a motor vehicle, the combination with the bonnet, and lockmechanism for securing the bonnet in closed position, brake -with thebrake mechanism, of a member' l.1o-

i side the bonnet, adapted to be detachably enlock.

mechanism, a member connected wlth the i said member rigidly in positionwhereby the brake mechanism may be locked against unauthorizedoperation.

6. In a motor vehicle, t-he combinatiom movabe therewith and extendinginto the bonnet of the vehicle, a rigid member ingaged b v the first.mentioned member to prevent actuation of the brake mechanism, and a lockinclosed by the bonnet and constructed to hold the said members inengagement with each other. y

7.111 a motor vehicle, thecombina'tion withthe brake mechaninl and theoperat-. ing lever thereof, of a reciprocating nember connected to saidlever so as to be moved thereby when the same is actuated to operate thebrake mechanism. a lock engaging said member, and means for renderingsaid lock inoperative as to said member and controllable independentlyof the ope ation of the 8. ,In a motor vehicle, the combinationA withthe brake mechanism, and the operating lever thereof, ofa reciprocatingmember extending into the bonnet and connected to said lever so 'as tobe moved thereby when the same is actuated to operate the brakemechanism, a lock engaging said members and indepen ent means locatedwithin said bonnet for rendering said lock inoperative as to saidmember.

9. In a motor vehicle, the combination,v with the bonnet, motorcontrolling mecha adapted to lock saidbonnet, andf nism, brakingmechanism, and transmission mechanism, parts extending from said mecnanisms and terminating within said bonnet, means for covering said partsexterior to the bonnet, securing devices for said coverings operableonly from Within said bonnet, means for rigidly securing the inner endsof said arts Within said bonnet, and a keyoperate lock for said bonnet.

l0. In"a motor vehicle, the combinationl with the bonnet, and aplurality of accessories for the power mechanism located outside ofsaidv bonnet, parts for securing said accessories in predeterminedpositions and terminating 4'within said bonnet, and reby. for securingthe bonnet in place and aV lock at the other side of the bf nnet,secured to the chassis, and means carried by the adjacent side ofthebonnet for engagement with the bolt of said iock to detachably connectthe adjacent side of the bonnet to the chassis.

In witness wl1ereof,I have signed my name in the presence of twowitnesses.

` LEON UTTNGER. Witnesses:

J. EDWARD GEORGE, II. RICHARD Wonen.-

